Djokovic, Alcaraz Bid for No.1
World No.1 six-time Paris conquerer Djokovic will defend his runner-up factors in Paris (loss to Rune within the 2022 remaining), commencing his match with a second-round conflict with both Miomir Kecmanovic or Tomas Martin Etcheverry (after a bye).
The World No.1 leads Alcaraz by 500 factors within the Race to Turin standings.
Right here is Djokovic’s potential path to glory, if the seeds maintain:
R2 (after bye) – Kecmanovic or Etcheverry
R16 – No.15 seed Shelton
QF – No.6 seed Rune
SF – No.4 seed Sinner or No.5 seed Rublev
F – No.2 seed Alcaraz or No.3 seed Medvedev
And here’s a have a look at Alcaraz’s path to the ultimate:
R2 (after bye) – Norrie or Muller
R16 – No.16 seed Khachanov
QF – No.7 seed Tsitsipas or No. 10 seed Zverev
SF – No.3 seed Medvedev or No.8 seed Ruud
F – No.1 seed Djokovic
Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rune Search Turin
As of Friday night, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Sascha Zverev and Holger Rune are holding down the No.6, No.7 and No.8 spots within the Race to Turin standings. Rune (Basel) and Tsitsipas (Vienna) are at the moment nonetheless alive this week, so may make up floor, whereas Huber Hurkacz can be nonetheless alive in Basel.
With 1000 factors left to say in Paris, others, comparable to Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur, Tommy Paul and Casper Ruud, can be in play, however they’ll need to go deep in Paris (eventualities to come back).
First-rounders to look at
There are a number of fireplace matchups in spherical one in Paris – right here’s our prime 5:
No.15 seed Ben Shelton vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Gael Monfils vs Francisco Cerundolo
Sebastian Korda vs No.11 seed Hubert Hurkacz
No.14 seed Frances Tiafoe vs Alexander Bublik
Stan Wawrinka v Matteo Arnaldi
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